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Definition of Magnetic dip

Magnetic dip
Dip Dip, n. 1. The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid. ``The dip of oars in unison.' --Glover. 2. Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch. 3. A liquid, as a sauce or gravy, served at table with a ladle or spoon. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett. 4. A dipped candle. [Colloq.] --Marryat. Dip of the horizon (Astron.), the angular depression of the seen or visible horizon below the true or natural horizon; the angle at the eye of an observer between a horizontal line and a tangent drawn from the eye to the surface of the ocean. Dip of the needle, or Magnetic dip, the angle formed, in a vertical plane, by a freely suspended magnetic needle, or the line of magnetic force, with a horizontal line; -- called also inclination. Dip of a stratum (Geol.), its greatest angle of inclination to the horizon, or that of a line perpendicular to its direction or strike; -- called also the pitch.

Meaning of Magnetic dip from wikipedia

- Magnetic dip, dip angle, or magnetic inclination is the angle made with the horizontal by Earth's magnetic field lines. This angle varies at different...
- Earth's north and south magnetic poles are also known as magnetic dip poles, with reference to the vertical "dip" of the magnetic field lines at those points...
- limitation is magnetic dip. The comp**** dial will tend to align itself with the geomagnetic field and dip toward the northern magnetic pole when in the...
- aircraft. Magnetic declination should not be confused with magnetic inclination, also known as magnetic dip, which is the angle that the Earth's magnetic field...
- Look up DIP or dip in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dip or DIP, may refer to: The Dip, the tenth published book by Seth Godin Dip (album), a 2007 studio...
- Dip circles (also known as dip needles or inclination comp****es) are used to measure the angle between the horizon and the Earth's magnetic field (the...
- measures the magnetic dip angle of Earth's magnetic field, the field line angle in a vertical plane. Grid dip oscillator (GDO), also called grid dip meter,...
- Dip angle may refer to: Magnetic dip, the angle of the Earth's magnetic field lines relative to the horizontal Dip (geology), the angle of a planar geological...
- South Magnetic Pole. Inclination can be measured with a dip circle. An isoclinic chart (map of inclination contours) for the Earth's magnetic field is...
- effect is caused by the Earth's magnetic field not running parallel to the planet's surface. Norman demonstrated magnetic dip by creating a comp**** needle...